The College Football Playoff will decide on Sunday which 12 schools still have a chance to be named national champion for the 2025/2026 season. Saturday's conference championship games made that task even more difficult.
For starters, the Alabama Crimson Tide failed to secure their ticket to the dance by being embarrassed in the SEC Championship Game, 28-7, by the Georgia Bulldogs. Alabama now gives the CFP selection committee its first three-loss team that fell in its conference championship game to consider. Last year, the Clemson Tigers made the 12-team field as a three-loss team that actually won their conference championship game.